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'Munich' recounts the dramatic story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate 11 Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre -- and the personal toll this ...( read more 
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MCT:May 5, 2008Yeah did see this ages ago, and bought dvd and not watched yet but it really was a totally new impressive direction for the usually family oriented lame Speilberg. It is very,very gripping. Fine, impressive acting and really taught suspense all throught plus educational. Go see.
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MCT:May 4, 2008
A man must be faithful to his country. The country must also be faithful to its men, no matter the cost and the years it takes.
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MCT:May 4, 2008Munich is definitely one of Steven Spielberg's best even if it's not his most entertaining (i.e. you'll probably only need to see it once.) The story is complex, involved and convoluted but the impeccable acting (especially from Eric Bana) and Spielberg's direction help temper that. Minus the creepy sex scene, the last half hour is incredible and the final shot speaks volumes and it essentially sums up the whole movie even if the excessive paranoia and grey area moral questions don't for you.
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MCT:May 1, 2008
A Spielberg great. Much more like his early style of playing on nerves and edge of seat suspense with believable characters. With the schmaltz dropped and Janusz Kaminski's cinematography, the will be reflected upon as one of Spielberg's best. Interestingly, I think only Spielberg could get this level of violence passed as a 15 certificate.
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MCT:April 30, 2008
Spielberg's stance on the 1972 Olympic atrocities begins as a pulse-pounding thriller, but then evolves into something much more daring, and more terrifying. It becomes a deep psychological study of human nature, an exploration of the consequences of being a paid assassin and how the effects become so deep rooted they take control of your life, your choices and your instincts. The film opens with a tense, well constructed re-enactment of that night, where the director uses real archive news footage and the looming sense of foreboding to keep us on tenterhooks and absorb us into the moment so we care for what happens next. From then on we follow Israeli Avner and his team to track down those who organised the massacre. The five all have different strengths, and according to records, they don't exist; they are officially unofficial. Eric Bana seems robbed of an Oscar nomination for his startlingly sensitive and real portrayal of Avner, a family man who becomes isolated from everything he knows and loves. Geoffrey Rush and Daniel Craig top the supporting cast, all of whom excel. Spielberg treats this screenplay, and the characters, with maturity and intelligence, never falling into sentimentality or melodrama, but instead opting for realism and atmosphere to craft an amazingly real and shockingly intense drama. He draws us into the underground network of politics, and dares to ask moral questions of right and wrong, and where all this terrorism and assassination will lead our world. With such a sensitive issue of Israeli-Palestine relations, the director takes no sides, and he offers a fair, balanced argument that unfortunately offers no real resolution. For every terrorist dispatched, only a stronger, more terrifying one will fill their place. This is the argument Spielberg tries to convey, but he acknowledges that it falls on deaf ears. The world will continue as such until someone dares to confront the norms - Avner, who becomes haunted by what he does, tries to break tradition, but to no avail; this is a complex film from start to finish, one that isn't easily watched, with an uncomfortable message we fear to even recognise. An astounding, revelatory picture.
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wmx7txposted 239 days ago -
steven spielberg is a gr8 director , as MUNICH is inspired from the real events , the film seems to be real,means ,it is so perfectly directed ... people who love watching documentries ,must watch this one, although it bit longer, it is 2hrs 54min approx, but documentries are longer always.. steven is so gr8 tht , he manage to explain his story ,so perfectly .. my opinion ,must watch this movie...only if you love documentries,
posted 243 days ago -
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Munich is an interesting, thoughtful and enthralling film that would've been made even better with some more editing. Some scenes felt redundant at times, and it's a bit too long at 164 minutes, but it's still definitely worth watching.
posted 693 days ago -
i have this movie on dvd. have tried to watch it three times and each time i just lose interest. will try to watch it though. because i do like documentaries.
posted 693 days ago -
Seeing Munich, I never knew what to expect because I never heard or knew about that time in history but it raised several questions, which merit review, and to be fair, repeat viewing.
Were we supposed to side with and or sympathize with Avner and his crew?
We were still on their side even though Spielberg threw so much horror into the work, letting us watch their dehumanization and their work borne misery.
Does global terrorism now just reflect a thirst to make a point, as opposed to a genuine political ‘need’?
What I understood about the political side is that Israel wanted to send out a strong message to the PLO (Arabs nation); is that they can be equally as brutal as there enemy.
Why did Avner never ask Luis why he sent four Palestinian gunmen to the same safe house in Athens? I do not believe that Luis was fond about Avner breaking the rules I believe it was more of a penalty than trying to get him killed. However, Luis but Avner closer to his target (their bodyguards)
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